$3,300 Main Event Dia 1a | 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

2024-03-21 15:31 UTC+3

Gabdullin Pipped by Heart

Nível 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Damir Gabdullin opened to 2,000 from middle position and Richard Heart three-bet to 8,200 from the small blind. Gabdullin moved all in for roughly 70,000 and Heart snap-called to put Gabdullin at risk.

Damir Gabdullin: J♣J♦ All in
Richard Heart: Q♣Q♥

Gabdullin was in rough shape with the lower pocket pair and couldn't find a jack on the A♠10♠2♠5♣9♦ runout. Heart's pocket queens were good at showdown and he took in a sizable pot while Gabdullin made his exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Richard Heart	218,000 218,000	218,000
Damir Gabdullin	Eliminado

Tags: Damir Gabdullin Richard Heart

2024-03-21 15:27 UTC+3

Some Updated Chip Counts after First Break

Nível 3 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Boris Smuskevicius	300,100 300,100	300,100
Khalil Tawil	265,000 265,000	265,000
Ceyhan Tezcan	244,000 32,000	32,000
Yuri Suvorov	241,500 241,500	241,500
Kemal Aslan	221,000 221,000	221,000
Parham Ghadamgahi	215,000 215,000	215,000
Aleksandr Razinkov	208,000 208,000	208,000
Andrea Dato	93,100 -6,900	-6,900

Marcin Puczylowski	90,100 -11,900	-11,900
Milos Skrbic	90,000 90,000	90,000
Damir Gabdullin	78,000 -22,000	-22,000
Fabio Peluso	69,200 -5,800	-5,800

Bart Lybaert	25,400 -74,600	-74,600

Nível: 3

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

2024-03-21 15:04 UTC+3

Break Time

Nível 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are on their first 15-minute break of the day. The field has grown to 114 total entrants of which 111 players remain.

2024-03-21 14:49 UTC+3

Peluso Fires Two Barrels on Monotone Board

Nível 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Fabio Peluso opened to 1,200 from middle position and was called by Ceyhan Tezcan in the hijack.

The flop came A♠Q♠7♠. Peluso bet 1,000 and Tezcan made the call.

Peluso bet again on the J♠ turn, this time for 1,300 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ceyhan Tezcan	212,000
Fabio Peluso	75,000

Tags: Ceyhan Tezcan Fabio Peluso

2024-03-21 14:38 UTC+3

Erman Doesn't Show

Nível 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of A♠A♥Q♥J♠ and roughly 32,000 in the middle, Nejat Erman checked from the small blind and Agharazi Babayev checked from the button.

Erman considered his options for a minute on the 9♦ river before betting 16,200. Babayev went into the tank.

"Show if I fold?" Babayev asked his opponent after roughly 90 seconds. Erman did not reply.

Ultimately Babayev opted to fold. Erman slid his winning hand into the muck without showing before scooping in a healthy pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nejat Erman	123,000 27,000	27,000
Agharazi Babayev	88,500 88,500	88,500

Tags: Agharazi Babayev Nejat Erman

2024-03-21 14:20 UTC+3

Koray Korkmaz Claims First Title of 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series

Nível 2 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yesterday featured the final day of the first event of the 2024 Merit Poker Carmen Series: The $2,200 Mystery Bounty 6-Handed. Koray Korkmaz emerged victorious from that event, last defeating Sergei Sokharev in heads-up play to take home the top prize of $43,000 and an additional $42,000 in bounties.

Damir Zhugralin also won big in that event after pulling the $50,000 top bounty.

Merit Poker Carmen Series Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Koray Korkmaz	Turkey	$43,000
2	Sergei Sokharev	Russia	$31,540
3	Mustafa Ercan	Turkey	$19,500
4	Tomy Greineisen	Germany	$14,300
5	Walid Habib	Lebanon	$10,800
6	Maximilian Silz	Germany	$8,600

Tags: Damir Zhugralin Koray Korkmaz Maximilian Silz Mustafa Ercan Sergei Sokharev Tomy Greineisen Walid Habib

Nível: 2

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

2024-03-21 14:06 UTC+3

Tezcan Off to a Good Start

Nível 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Marcin Puczylowski opened to 1,200 from the cutoff and received calls from Ceyhan Tezcan on the button and Aleksandr Kirichenko in the big blind.

The flop came K♥10♠2♦. Kirichenko checked, Puczylowski fired a 1,600 continuation bet, Tezcan called and Kirichenko got out of the way.

Puczylowski slowed down with a check on the 7♠ turn. Tezcan bet 6,000 and Puczylowski's cards hit the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ceyhan Tezcan	153,500 153,500	153,500
Marcin Puczylowski	102,000 4,000	4,000
Aleksandr Kirichenko	97,700 97,700	97,700

Tags: Aleksandr Kirichenko Ceyhan Tezcan Marcin Puczylowski

2024-03-21 13:51 UTC+3

Sancak Applies Pressure

Nível 1 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

With two players seeing a board of 6♠J♥10♠2♣9♦ and roughly 45,000 already in the middle, Mustafa Sancak thought for a minute before moving all in, covering Reilly who had roughly 55,000 behind.

Reilly didn't take long to find a fold and Sancak dragged in a massive early pot worth just under 100 big blinds without showdown.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mustafa Sancak	154,000 54,000	54,000
Mark Reilly	55,700

Tags: Mustafa Sancak